If it helps, you can get used to RGPs eventually. I generally don’t notice them at all, unless I get dust under them (and I imagine soft ones are uncomfortable with dust under them, too), or they’re grimy, in which case a quick wash/rinse is all I need to fix that.
If glasses were good enough for Jesus, they’re good enough for me.
I legally require correction when I’m flying but normally only wear glasses at night or if I’m having a “bad day” (my vision fluctuates between slightly better than 6/6 and slightly worse.) I wore contacts for a couple of years but started getting problems with hayfever, hayfever and contacts aren’t a good mix.
You’re not kidding when you say this. As someone who is blind as a bat, corrective eyewear is part of my life. Glasses were a hassle, contact lenses were a hassle, so it was starting to seem like cutting my eye with a laser was going to be my only option until I discovered 30-day overnight lenses. I now switch between glasses and contact lenses, not equally, but for the purposes of this poll that was my answer. I’ll go whole months on end using either one.
I am near-sighted as all fuck. I can’t even see the time on my watch without glasses/contacts unless I hold my watch about five inches from my face. I read street signs and newspapers just as easily.
I just got LASIK Thursday afternoon.
So far, I’ve gone from 20/400 to fluctuating between 20/30 and 20/45. They told me it will take a few weeks to really stabilize, and I’ll probably see further improvements. As of now, I can go to my local DMV office and have the “Corrective Lenses” restriction taken off my license.
I am a happy, happy man right now. Being rid of my glasses/contacts after 17 years is awesome!
I wear bifocals now, but for years I wore single-vision lenses so I’ll answer.
Yes, really, I wore them every waking hour.
Yes, I could read both newsprint and street signs with them. Actually, I couldn’t read either without them. I am so near-sighted that the normal distance at which one holds reading material was “distance” vision for my unaided eyeballs, so my correction was for distance, more distance, and really far distance (so to speak). I also have astigmatism, which is a form of distortion in one’s vision that applies at all distances so the lenses essentially correct/remove that distortion regardless of where/how far one is looking.
Both near and far vision was being corrected with the same pair of lenses. At that point, my eyes and natural lenses retained the flexibility to alter my focal point so I could use the same artificial lens to see both near and far. With age, my natural lens has stiffened so my eyes don’t have such a large range of focal abilities so now I require bifocals to see clearly both near and far.
My prescription is -1.25 and -1.0 so its not too bad, and strangely enough has improved from my original prescription of -2.25 /2.75 many years ago
Contacts were great until presbyopia presented itself a few years back and I wondered why things close up were getting blurred.
The solution for me seems to wear a contact in one eye only for distance and the uncorrected eye takes care of the near view. I don’t want to go surgically monovision yet as I am hoping there will be other options for presbyopia sooner rather than later.
I have worn both glasses and contacts, but prefer wearing glasses.
Got a nice pair of Rx lenses for driving, even tho I probably don’t need them (one eye won’t focus to a distance very well), mainly because I was getting frustrated trying to find a pair of el cheapo regular sunglasses which gave me the clarity that I was seeking.
Someone asked me about the mark on my nose once and I explained they were from my glasses. They then asked if I had tried contacts. Silly them — contacts don’t hold nearly enough beer. <rimshot> Thanks – and be sure to tip your waitress. (apologies to Benny Hill)
I tried contacts once ages and ages ago and had a really bad experience with them. (Rode the motorcycle and had to have them removed in the hospital) I know that things have advanced plenty since then and I know they could be a viable option for me. But at my age and being so used to the damn things (I’ve worn them since about 3 years old) it just isn’t worth the cost of effort. In like 55 years I’ve broken/damaged two pairs and lost one; they’ve just become a part of who I am.
I am slightly near sighted and have a pair of glasses. They are the minimum prescription to help read road signs at a distance, but I haven’t worn them at all in 4-5 years, except to put them on to see if my brain still adjusts quickly. It’s just not worth the effort for the little bit of correction. LASIK is probably the best course, but again, just not worth it at this point.
None for me, but I picked “Need but don’t wear.” Now in my mid 40’s I am starting to have trouble reading small type in dim light.
I wore glasses since 2nd grade up until I was 30 when my wife persuaded me to use contacts, which was awesome, great for sports and general convenience. I am short sighted with -1.5 and astigmatism in one eye and -4.5 in the other.
No I have fourtyitis ( exceeded the age of 40) I either needed longer arms or reading glasses to see my phone, so reading a phone and looking away is a reading glasses on and off shuffle. I fluctuate between contacts and readers , or my prescription glasses, either option I am swapping things off my face a lot.
I have heard some people get lasik one each eye , one for near , one for far, sounds like a recipe for migranes to me.
I had LASIK, but once I hit my late Forties, I started needing reading glasses .
I stopped wearing contacts after I responded to this poll. Just glasses now. Considering LASIK.
Lasik. I paid for it using a combination of my Flexible Spending Card and in-house financing. Worth every cent.
However, I’m now sliding towards needing reading glasses. Right now, it’s not all the time – but I can see the time coming… Yay, 45th birthday!
Zombies don’t need corrective lenses.
I’ve worn glasses exclusively for almost 40 years. When I wanted contacts, they weren’t an option for me. When they became an option for me, I didn’t want them anymore. Glasses are easy and practical.
I’ve had bifocals for the past five years or so. Hubs realized this about six months ago. smh
Right now I’m wearing glasses and waiting for new contacts to come in, but I’m usually a contact-wearer. I like the peripheral vision, and, well, I’m vain. Plus, it’s really nice to just not have that weight on your face. My eyes are terrible, so my lenses are crazily thick - contacts just feel lighter.
Glasses. I hate them. I feel… dulled, I guess, when I’m wearing them. I’ve got an optometrist appointment tomorrow, might give contacts a try. I mostly need them for reading.